Life expectancy at birth in Austria was 70.1 years in 1964: 73.2 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 89,202 people died; 67.5% of them were 65 or older and 5.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

70.1

Women

73.2

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.0

Deaths

89,202

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.3

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

200

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	25.65	34.00	73.2	66.8
1-4	1.16	1.33	74.1	68.1
5-9	0.44	0.59	70.4	64.4
10-14	0.32	0.52	65.6	59.6
15-19	0.48	1.27	60.7	54.7
20-24	0.62	1.81	55.8	50.1
25-29	0.74	1.81	51.0	45.5
30-34	0.97	1.98	46.2	40.9
35-39	1.56	2.62	41.4	36.3
40-44	2.12	3.47	36.7	31.7
45-49	3.43	5.93	32.0	27.2
50-54	5.31	9.54	27.5	23.0
55-59	7.80	16.03	23.2	19.0
60-64	13.10	28.01	19.0	15.3
65-69	22.87	43.13	15.1	12.3
70-74	39.84	64.26	11.6	9.6
75-79	68.74	97.03	8.6	7.3
80-84	122.69	151.66	6.2	5.4
85-89	194.69	224.23	4.4	4.0
90-94	290.94	333.67	3.2	2.9
95-99	408.50	458.85	2.4	2.1
100+	544.13	596.59	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Austria by year

Mortality in Austria, 1964

Year

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